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No. 316,957. Patented May 5, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEPTHA GARRARD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO PLATFO RM FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,957, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed December 14, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEPTHA GARRARD, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Platforms for Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 .is a top view of my platform. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my platform, show ing the bars below the line of the surface of the endless bands. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of platform, showing the bars above the line of the surface of the endless bands.

Similar letters of reference in the several drawings denote the same parts.

My invention relates to the platforms of harvesters, and more especially to harvesters to which automaticbinders are attached; and it consists in the combination of an endless carrying-band and a reciprocating bar that is caused to rise above and fall below the endless band at stated intervals.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, A A are endless bands, which may be furnished with teeth a a. BB are bars or strips of wood hinged by the hinge-pieces d d to the shafts D and D. Shaft D at one end of the platform is connected to the pitman E and actuated by it. Shaft D is journaled to the frame. Shaft D may be dispensed with, and the ends of bars 13 B be forced up an incline to the desired height. Boards 0 0 may be used, if desired, to fill up the spaces be tween the endless bands not needed for the operation of the bars B. The bands may be used without teeth thereon attached, and be of such width as to renderthe boards 0 0 unnecessary. In this case the platform would consist of endless aprons and the said bars. The pitman E is actuated in the usual way by the main wheel of the harvester. The endless bands A A are run upon the pulleys F in the usual way. The bars B B at the inner or delivery side are furnished with the hooks b b, which may be fixed or arranged to rise and fall with the motion of the bars. As shown, they are arranged to move.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The cut grain falls on the endless bands A A, the bars B B being below the bands, until enough grain has fallen and been carried to the delivery to form a gavel. the bars B B are raised to their position above the endless bands A A by movement of pitman E, and lift the grain off the said bands, and also receive the falling grain, thus allowing the bands to run free of grain, so that during the time required to dispose of the delivered gave],

the delivery of the platform. As soon as the gavel is disposed of, the bars are brought to their position below the bands, and the bands carry the grain over to the delivery to form another gavel. The hooks outhe bars, as the At this time bars rise, serve to separate the grain on the or platform from the grain already carriedto the delivery by the endless bands. In this way a clean or separate gavel is'secured and presented at the delivery end of the platform.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters I Patent, is

In a grain-platform for a harvester,the combination of the bands A, the bars B, the hooks b, and the pitman E,substantially as described. The foregoing specification of my invention signed by me this 11th day of December, A.

JEPTHA GARRARD. Witnesses:

EDWIN J. FRANKS, MATTHEW J. G. DOUGHERTY.

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